According to the West Palm Beach police report, Brandin Gonsalves confessed to detectives that he "ambushed" his brother after he stepped out of the shower at the home they shared in the Ponte Verde apartments. He then took a shower in another bathroom, changed clothes and stole his brother's pickup truck, the report stated.

Police later found the truck parked outside a convenience store in Broward County. Gonsalves was arrested three days later in Sweetwater.

An autopsy revealed that Gerard Gonsalves Jr. was stabbed at least 69 times.